WINDOWS LOGO (between CTRL and ALT) -- Hit this key and your Start menu appears; is that not faster than going over with your mouse and clicking?
	WINDOWS LOGO + F: Find files or folders. This saves you from opening the Windows Explorer and selecting find from the menu. Now you have a one-click computer search!
	F1 -- In Windows applications, and in the OS, F1 is a universal call to the app's help system.
	F2 -- In Windows Explorer, use F2 to rename files or folders. This is faster than right-clicking and easier that clicking inside the file or folder name and waiting for the input field to become available.
	SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin. Works in most Explorer sub-systems or program navigations.
	F5 -- This is a universal "Refresh" command, which works in many Windows applications. Use it to refresh your Explorer file system, browser and html editors.
	CTRL + Z: Undo your last action. This works in both Windows and Mac machines and, like CTRL + C for copy and CTRL + V for paste, is a universal keyboard command. Undo is handy for quickly erasing your last action in just about any program.
	CTRL + A: Select all the items in the current window. This is a great shortcut, which in combination with Copy and Paste, will have you flying around your screen!

How to hide drives from users
Preventing accidents can be a key part of administrators' jobs. Given that, you might want to hide certain drives from users if they don't absolutely need access.
NT enables you to hide drives from the obvious access points (Explorer and My Computer), although a motivated user could still access them from Start | Run. But you can change that. Follow these steps:

1. Open the Registry Editor.
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USERS\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.
3. Right-click in the right pane, and choose New | DWORD Value.
4. Name the new key Hidden, and press [Enter] twice.
5. In the Edit DWORD Value dialog box, select Decimal.
6. Enter the number corresponding to the drive you want to hide. (A: is 1, B: is 2, C: is 4, D: is 8, E: is 16, and so on.) To hide more than one drive, add the numeric values assigned to the drives. For example, to hide drives D: and E:, enter 24.
7. Exit the registry.

The next time the PC boots up, the computer will hide the drives from casual browsers. NOTE: Editing the registry is risky, so be sure you have a verified backup before making any changes.

Optimizing the Windows XP Paging File
This great article dispels many myths including setting the max and min sizes the same and setting the maximum size at 2.5 times the memory size. http://aumha.org/a/xpvm.htm 

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Answer: D - Windows File Protection (WFP) protects system files by running in the background and detecting attempts to replace protected system files. WFP is triggered after it receives a directory change notification on a file in a protected directory. Once this notification is received, WFP determines which file was changed. If the file is protected, WFP looks up the file signature in a catalog file to determine if the new file is the correct Microsoft version. If it is not, the operating system replaces the file with the correct version from the dllcache directory or the distribution media. After detecting the replacement of a protected file, WFP searches for the replaced files in the following order: Search the dllcache directory. If the system was installed via network install, search the network install path. Search on the CD. If the file is found in dllcache or the install source is auto-located, WFP replaces the file without prompting the user and moves on. If the file cannot be found, WFP displays a dialog box that prompts the user to either insert distribution media or cancel the restore operation.
WFP also logs an event to the system event log, noting the file replacement attempt. If the administrative user cancels the WFP file restoration, an event noting the cancellation is logged.

Answer: C
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Modems translate what types of data (select all that apply):

A. AC to DC
B. Analog to digital
C. Digital to analog
D. Phase shift to multiplexed

Answer: B & C

In Windows 2000, from where can you find out all the devices in the computer such as network and sound cards.?

A. System Summary
B. Hardware Wizard
C. Device Manager
D. Installation Wizard

Answer: C

Before duplicating a system, you should always run the ______?

A. Network Management Tool
B. System Preparation Tool
C. Computer Management Tool
D. Network Identification Utility

Answer: B
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To control settings for all documents on a printer, a user must have which permission?

A. Print
B. Manage Documents
C. Manage Printers
D. Full Control

Answer: B

John is an administrator for an small company. He added a new hard drive to the principal file storage server so users can store customer documents and contact information. He must format the drive before it can be used to store files. Which commands will provide access to Disk Management, by default? [Check all correct answers]

Answer: B, C - To provide access to Windows 2000 Disk Management utility, by default, John would have to select Start|Programs|Administrative Tools|Computer Management. Then, he would expand Storage and select Disk Management. Next, he would click Start|Run, type "Diskmgmt.msc", click OK, and double-click Diskmgmt.msc in the sysroot\Winnt\System32 directory